RNU.com – (Raiders News
Update) - Had an abortion, or know someone who has? This hot topic comes at us,
in the media, from every angle. But how many of those who've gone through this
process know of God's deep, strong love for them?

Did you know, as a Father
loves his children, His laws are designed to protect you? Did you know that
while He weeps at the death of every little one, His arms are stretched out
toward those who come to the Cross and ask for His forgiveness?

In 1993 Joel Brind presented his thesis, "Induced
Abortion as an Independent Risk Factor for Breast Cancer," at the Association of
Interdisciplinary Research in Values and Social Change held in Milwaukee, WI.

Among his findings:

There is an 800% increase in breast cancer for
women less than 18 years old who have an abortion after the eighth week of
pregnancy.

On average there is an 80% increase in breast
cancer if the woman has an abortion before a live birth.

Risk of breast cancer increases with the number
of abortions.

Women who have an abortion before a live birth
and develop breast cancer have a greater possibility of having a faster
growing tumor with a poorer cure rate than women who have not had an abortion.

Following Brind's report over 20
peer-reviewed medical studies presented similar findings indicating a possible
increase in the risk of breast cancer following a forced abortion. One such
report claimed a woman's chance of developing breast cancer doubles after an
abortion. Cervical damage and sterility have also been connected to forced
abortion.

While such studies point out the delicate balance
God has placed between creation and the observance of biblical law, the risk of
disease should not be viewed as a personal judgment from God, but rather the
potential result of breaching his laws of life and safety.

The fact that one increases the chance of
individual harm through unbiblical activity proves that God's laws were intended
for our spiritual and physical protection. God loves each one of us and it hurts
Him when women who take the life of their child through forced abortion, risk
premature death.

Jesus invites everyone to live in accordance with
His Word, which is "health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones" (Proverbs
3:7-8).

What power seeks the destruction of adults and
children?

DEMONIC ROOTS OF ABORTION

Abortion on demand is the Baal
worship of modern times. King Ahab and Queen Jezebel led the Israelites in Baal
worship and the sacrifice of children in the Old Testament. Ahaz went so far as
to burn "his son as an offering" to Baal/Moloch, as did Manasseh (see 2 Kings
16:3; 21:6).

Why would people make such terrible
decisions? It was believed that human sacrifice to Baal held the key to
prosperity. People desiring to live in selfish prosperity and ease brought their
firstborn child to the high priest, where the child would be offered as a burnt
offering to the deity.

The altar of Baal was in the image of a bull with
the head and shoulders of a man. Its arms extended outward and fire belched out
from a hole in the chest. The priest of Baal placed the babies on the
outstretched arms, where the child would be rolled into the fire. As the child
died, the priest and priestess engaged in sexual intercourse, while an orgy
occurred among the onlookers.

A Baal cemetery unearthed recently contained the
remains of more than twenty thousand children. The Greek author Kleitarchos
described this practice of sacrificing infants to Baal three hundred years
before Christ:

"Out of reverence for Kronos [Baal], the
Phoenicians, and especially the Carthaginians, whenever they seek to obtain some
great favor, vow one of their children, burning it as a sacrifice to the deity,
if they are especially eager to gain success. There stands in their midst a
bronze statue of Kronos, its hands extended over a bronze brazier, the flames of
which engulf the child. When the flames fall on the body, the limbs contract and
the open mouth seems almost to be laughing, until the contracted body slips
quietly into the brazier."

Ancients were led by Satan to kill their children
for personal convenience and gain, while engaging in promiscuity. Modern Baal
worshipers-a.k.a. abortionists - have slaughtered millions for the same reasons.
Do such abortionists care for the welfare of the mother? Do they warn of the
increased risk of cancer? In fact they have tried to cover it up.

BLOOD MONEY

In 1973 abortion on demand became
legal with the landmark Roe vs. Wade decision. Abortion clinics immediately
sprung up across the United States, fostering a blood-money industry capable of
producing annual revenues in the tens of millions. One clinic employee admitted
recently that she made an average of thirteen thousand dollars per month based
on a commission of twenty-five dollars per abortion. She compared her job
responsibilities to a phone-in boiler room, where each employee sat at a booth
answering calls.

When a distraught young lady called in, a sales script was read
which was designed to overcome any obstacle that stood in the way of an
abortion. The caller was encouraged to come in for "counseling," and to bring
the payment for the abortion with her. Once the abortion was performed, the
saleswoman received a twenty-five dollar commission. The idea is simple. Used
car salesmen and con artists have employed the same system for years.

A GIFT FROM GOD

But the Bible makes it clear that
every child is a gift from God. A surprising discovery recently revealed that
the Biblical feasts parallel the gestation period of a baby. It seems, once
again, the Almighty hid within His Word proof of divine inspiration and a token
of His love for children.

FEASTS: In Exodus chapter 12 we find the Passover
feast instituted. It was to begin on the fourteenth day of the first month and
repeat each year thereafter. During Passover the Jews place an egg, symbolizing
new life, on the Passover table.

MEDICAL FACT: On the fourteenth day of the first
month the mothers egg appears.

FEASTS: The feast of Unleavened Bread must occur
the very next night, on the 15th day of the month, or the feast process will
fail.

MEDICAL FACT: Fertilization of the egg must occur
within 24 hours or the fertilization process will probably fail.

FEASTS: The feast of Firstfruits occurs next, on
the Sunday during the week of Unleavened Bread. It can be from 2-6 days after
the feast of Unleavened Bread and is called the Spring Planting of Seed.

MEDICAL FACT: The fertilized egg travels down the
tube at its own pace taking anywhere from 2-6 days before it implants. This is
the Planting of the Egg.

FEASTS: Pentecost comes 50 days later and, in
evangelical circles, celebrates the forming of the Church by the Holy Spirit.

MEDICAL FACT: On the fiftieth day the embryo begins
to form into a human fetus.

FEASTS: The Day of Atonement is celebrated on the
tenth day of the seventh month. Blood is taken into the Holy of Holies in the
Tabernacle.

MEDICAL FACT: On the tenth day of the seventh month
the production of red blood cells is taken over by the bone marrow--the inner
sanctum of the babies tabernacle.

FEASTS: The Feast of Tabernacles follows on the
15th day of the seventh month. Jews celebrate God breathing the breath of life
into Adam.

MEDICAL FACT: By the 15th day of the seventh month
the child is capable of breathing air. He or she is a developed "tabernacle" and
can be born. However, to achieve maximum strength the child should continue to
grow inside its mother for another 80 days. It can thereafter be born and
dedicated to the Lord.

FEASTS: 80 days later is the feast of DEDICATION!

GOD LOVES AND FORGIVES

Yes, the Bible reveals God's great
love for children. It also reveals how much He loves those deceived by the
abortion propaganda machine. He loves them so much that He gave His only
begotten Son to offer complete healing and restoration from the trauma of
abortion through the healing power and blood of Jesus Christ.

Like the abortionist, Saul was a murderer and a
sworn enemy of Jesus Christ. God's grace saved and changed him into the Apostle
Paul. He later wrote:

"For I am the least of the apostles, that am not
meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the
grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in
vain?" (1Cor. 15:9-10).

What a wonderful privilege it is to be forgiven. To
be able to say, "by the grace of God I am what I am."

"Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of
grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need" (Heb.
4:16).

If you've had an abortion, God extends His loving
hands toward you saying, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be
saved" (Acts 16:31).

Please take a look at this
YouTube video. It will remind
you that every human life is precious and that we can see
this truth most clearly through the face of a helpless,
innocent baby who can do nothing for us but allow us the
opportunity to give ourselves to him in love. It
teaches that joy comes through giving oneself to another for
their own sake and that authentic joy can be experienced in
the midst of difficulties and even amidst tremendous sorrow. Mostly, it will reveal the heroic courage and life affirming
witness that is possible for those yielded to and animated
by the life of the Holy Spirit. Take a look but make
sure you have your Kleenex ready.

If
you ask people why they do the things they do in life, they will give you
sensible sounding reasons which seem to explain their decisions. We like to
believe that we exercise sound judgment, especially in the important
decisions of our lives.

I think that this is rarely true. I think
that standard operating procedure for human decision making is to do what
feels right to you at the time, and then to give logical sounding
justifications for what you were already going to do anyway, whether you had
justifications or not.

So, if you are pregnant, and want to get an
abortion, you will be able to give any number of reasonable sounding
explanations why this is the right decision. You're not ready to be a
parent, or you need to finish your education or get to a better point in
your career, or you don't have enough money, etc.

If instead you want to keep the
baby, you will explain how even though you will have some extra difficulties
due to the lack of money or whatever, you will certainly be up to the
challenge to make your life work with the baby, how being a parent will be
good for you, what a great parent you'll make, how it will bring you and the
father closer together, and so on. In either case, none of these will be the
real reason for your decision. The real reason for your decision will always
be, "I did it because I wanted to do it."

"And I will punish the world for their
evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; and I will cause the arrogancy
of the proud to cease, and will lay low the haughtiness of the
terrible." —Isaiah 13:11

“To educate our Hispanic community regarding
the life issues, especially the hate crime they have been subjected to by
the abortion industry and promoters of abortion.”

If God could hear the voice of
Abel's blood crying out to Him from the ground (Genesis 4:10), do
you suppose God has missed the cries of those 50,000,000 infants
who've been butchered in America since 1973?